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Election 2018
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With Dan Saltzman Absent, City Council Passes a Campaign Finance Tweak He Stopped Yesterday

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Yesterday, Commissioner Dan Saltzman refused to approve a new arrangement that would put the city’s public campaign finance system directly in the hands of Commissioner Amanda Fritz. So now Fritz and the rest of council have gone around him. In an extremely rare maneuver, Fritz at this afternoon’s city council meeting called up an ordinance […]

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City Council Candidate Jo Ann Hardesty is Stepping Down from the NAACP, Following Concerns About Dual Role

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Jo Ann Hardesty calls for more robust renter protections at a January press conference. Dirk VanderHart Jo Ann Hardesty has mounted a campaign for City Council based partly on the recognition and influence she has as president of a local NAACP branch. Now she’s being forced to depart that position. In the face of concerns […]

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A Judge Has Ruled Multnomah County’s New Campaign Finance Rules Unconstitutional. That Was Sort of the Plan.

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Vinnie Neuberg After taking seven months to decide, a Multnomah County judge today smacked down local campaign finance reforms enacted by voters in 2016. In an 11-page ruling [PDF] Multnomah County Circuit Judge Eric Bloch ruled that provisions limiting how much could be donated to candidates for county office, how much could be spent independently […]

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